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Two of Blak and Bright festival guests, Deborah Cheetham Fraillon and Tony Birch and Festival Director Jane Harrison. Photos: Supplied.
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Blak and Bright is back

The literary festival that platforms and celebrates First Nations artists returns with conversations, workshops and pitching opportunities.

Black and white photo of a woman with curly hair and glasses wearing a black dress. Stella Day Out.
Q&A

Stella's Big Day Out

The next stop for Stella's free one-day festival is Hobart.

Against a yellow backdrop there is a statuette and five stars and a sprinkling of confetti. Literary judging.
Opinions & Analysis

Literary judging: take a look behind the scenes

ArtsHub answers some frequently asked questions about literary judging.

An Asian woman in her late 40s covered in dry flowers and gold glitter. She is holding an orchid branch with pink blossoms and smiling. The background appears to be an artwork with pink, white and gold abstract strokes.
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Opportunities and awards

Workshops for creatives and LGBTQIA+ communities, comedy festival grant recipients, finalists of the Glover Prize and more!

Photo: Matheus Bertelli, Pexel. A boy is pointing a flashlight onto a board stuck with newspaper snippets in a dark room. There are fairy lights across the board, emitting a blue and red hue.
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This week's arts news and trending topics

We break it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.

The Next Big Thing. Image on the left is an author shot from the waist up of a smiling bearded man with dark hair, wearing an open necked white shirt and dark jacket, with crossed arms. On the right is the book cover which has the title in big pink upper case letters over an orange and yellow illustration of a boy and a girl holding up the letters of the title, with some Australian big things in the background - a Merino sheep, a pineapple and a prawn.
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Book review: The Next Big Thing, James Colley

Easy beach read romcom is quintessentially Australian in flavour.

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Features

Mills & Boon: How to write steamy scenes

Four Mills & Boon Australian authors offer tips on how to write racy copy.

Sally Rippin. Woman with green cardigan over black t-shirt and curly shoulder length blonde hair with glasses on her head smiles at the camera.
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Sally Rippin is the Australian Children's Laureate 2024-25

The best-selling author of the 'Billie B Brown' series takes out top position as Children's Laureate.

2024 Blacktown City Art Prize announces winners. Image: 2024 Blacktown City Art Prize, installation view. Photo: Liza Moscatelli, Mosca Media Australia. A buzzing crowd gathering in the gallery space filled with artworks on the walls and small sculptures on plinths.
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Opportunities and awards

International guitar competition, funding for Indigenous Languages and arts, plus winners of Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards and shortlist for…

Literary journal. A freshly sharpened pencil sits amid pencils shavings and a pencil sharpener on a blank page, suggesting the start of a new creative writing project.
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New literary journal set to enrich Australia's cultural landscape

The new journal is driven by Writers SA with the support of the state’s three universities and Arts South Australia.

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